Due to the lapse in government funding, census.gov and all online survey collection requests for the U.S. Census Bureau will be unavailable until further notice.
Updates regarding government operating status and resumption of normal operations can be found at http://www.usa.gov.
Websites affected by this shutdown are all census.gov websites, including:
- www.census.gov
- American Factfinder
- ftp2.census.gov
- ask.census.gov
- blogs.census.gov
- respond.census.gov
- www.fcsm.gov
- www.fedstats.gov
- www.mapstats.gov
Alternative Census Data Sources
During this outage there are a few alternatives options for accessing this data which include:
Connecticut State Data Center – Website includes 2010 Census, 2010 ACS 1,3,5 year, and 2011 ACS 1, 3, 5 year datasets for Connecticut.
NHGIS – Includes historical census data for the nation and includes the ability to download census data in shapefile format.
If you should have any questions about accessing data contact the Connecticut State Data Center at ctsdc@uconn.edu.